Census Records

Year

Description

1821

The Census of 1821 was taken on 28th May 1821. The original census was destroyed in the Four Courts fire
in 1922 but returns of 16 parishes from County Cavan had been copied and stored in Cavan Courthouse until
they were later transferred to the Public Records Office - now the National Archives.
Returns for the following parishes have survived:

Annagelliffe

Ballymachugh

Castlerahan

Castletara

Crosserlough

Denn

Drumlumman

Drung and Larah (joint returns)

Kilbride

Kilmore

Kinawley

Lavey

Lurgan

Mullagh

Munterconnaught

1841

The Census of 1841 was taken on 6th June 1841and included all persons who were in the house that night.
The returns also include those from the household who had died in the previous ten years and those who were away
from the household - either in the county, in other parts of Ireland or abroad. Killeshandra is the only
full parish that has survived for all of Ireland and contains almost 14,000 persons but is not yet fully computerised.